Horseshoe-calk.



No. 850,286. I PATENTED APR.'16, 1907. J. T. BELL.

HORSESHOE GALK.

APPLIOATIOH TILED IA]. 16,1905.

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JESSE T. BELL, OF WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

HORSESHOE-CALK.

Specification oi Letters Patent.

atonted April 16, 1807.

Application filed January 16,1905. Serial No. 241.371.

Be it known that I, J ESSE T. BELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the county of Warren and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and. useful Improvements in Horseshoe-Calks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention contemplates certain new and useful improvements in that class of horseshoe calks that are permanently at tached to a shoe by welding and are provided with a spur projecting therefrom to engage the shoe for the initial attachment of the calk to the shoe preparatory to the welding operation.

The object of my invention is primarily to improve the shoe as a completed article and to also materially add to the ease by which the calk may be attached to the shoe, espe cially at the toe portion whenever it is desired to form a clip at such point. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aperspective view of a horseshoe embodying the improvements of my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the calk alone. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the calk. Fig. 4 is a verltical sectional view transversely of the cal i.

The horseshoe 1 shown in the drawings is of the type such as is now in common use. The calk 2 comprises the body, the sides of, which slope or converge toward the lower edge portion to form the requisite edge,

for the purchase of bite of the calk when in use. I11 the lower edge portion of the calk is a recess 3. The calk 2 is secured or attached to the shoe by welding, as before mentioned, and to secure the call; in place preparatory to the welding operation the spur 4 is provided, said spur being located flush with the rear face of the calk and extending from the upper face thereof at a point between one side wall of the recess 3 and the adjacent edge of the calk. The spur 4 is slightly bent in its initial construction toward the middle, as shown in Fig. 3. In applying the calk to the shoe it is customary to hold the same between tongs and to force the spur 4 into the heated shoe, so as to hold the calk in place as it is being welded. In this preliminary operation the calk itself is cold. By having the spur 4 near one end of the calk and by employing only one spur I am enabled to grip the calk with the tongs at that end opposite the spur, then place the spur at the proper point on the shoe, and with one blow of the hammer drive the spur into the shoe. By having only one spur, as described, it is possible to slightly turn the call; on the shoe to accurately seat it in its proper'position, the spur 4 practically operating in this instance as a pivot or dowel, whereas if there were two spurs it would be practically impossible to axially adjust the calk on the shoe after the spurs had been driven, or if there were only one spur, and that located in the middle of the calk instead of being located as my spur is, this accurate adjustment would also be prevented, owing to the fact that if one end of the calk is turned outwardly to place it at the proper point the other end would be moved inwardly out of its proper position. Furthermore, by having the spur 4 located flush with the rear face of the calk, asshown I am enabled to attach the calk to the shoe with the former projecting beyond the margin of the latter and at the same time pro vide for the spur a suflicient body of metal on the solid portion ofthe shoe to effect a secure attachment. As the spur is located at one side of the recess 3, that portion of the.

calk on such side of the recess will form a driving-head for the spur in the preliminary operation.

In addition to the advantages before pointed out my invention results in another practical and highly-meritorious advantage with respect to the final welding operation, particularly at the toe portion of the calk when it is desired to form at the toe portion a clip turned up from the toe of the the strain off the nails. By my invention a blacksmith is enabled to weld the calk to the toe of the shoe and turn up the clip with the same heat and fit it accurately to the horses foot. This result is effected by the recess in the calk, which allows the smith to get the heat just where it is needed to turn up the clip. For instance, after the spur of the calk has been driven in the heated shoe the shoe is then placed in the fire to take the weld. The shoe bein hot and the calk cold, the recess in the ca k allows the heat to get the proper action at the base of the recess, where the latter is comparatively thin, and therebv enables the heat to properly affect the base (if the calk. Therefore as the base of the calk becomes suffici'ently heated in so quick a time the sharp edges of the calk do not get heated enough to do any damage to the calk. Then when the weld is made, the heated shoe being brought out of the fire for this purpose shoe to take IIO it is placed on the anvil and with one or two strokes of the hammer from the bottom of the shoe a perfect Weld Will be effected, because the heat has attacked the thin portion of the calk formed by the recess, as before stated. As the Welding of calks upon horseshoes is the operation in Which the really hard Work is involved, because the calks are all made of steel preferably, this advantage in the Welding operation With my improved call; is at once apparent.

I claim as my invention- A horseshoe-oalk adapted to be Welded to the shoe and designed to advantageously affect the Welding operation, the said call; consisting of a body portion provided With an attaching-spur on one edge and a middle recess in its other edge, producing a relatively thin portion in the body of the calk, said thin portion of the calk enabling the heat to quickly bring the parts to the proper temperature for Welding and striking up a clip at the same operation, Without injuriously affecting the biting edges of the calk.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

JESSE T. BELL. Witnesses HIRAM W. ALLEYER, VVILLIAM J ROEKER. 

